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Billie Dove Biography (1900-1997)

Real name, Lillian Bohny; born May 14, 1900, in New York, NY; died of pneumonia, December 31, 1997, in Woodland Hills, CA; married Irvin Willat (a film director), 1923 (divorced, 1929); married Robert Kenaston (a rancher), 1933 (divorced c. 1970); married a third husband; children: (second marriage) one son, one daughter. Avocational interests: Flying airplanes, painting, andpoetry. Career: Actress. Former Ziegfield Follies dancer.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

May 14, 1900

New York, New York, United States

Death Details

December 31, 1997

Woodland Hills, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Dorothy Wells, Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford, Paramount, 1921
• At the Stage Door, 1921
• Alysia Potter, Polly of the Follies (also known as Good for Nothing), Associate First National Pictures, 1922
• Marion Taylor, Beyond the Rainbow, 1922
• Eve Allinson, Youth to Youth, Metro Pictures Corp., 1922
• Priscilla Holt, All the Brothers Were Valiant, 1923
• Nanette Banning, Madness of Youth, 1923
• The girl, Soft Boiled (also known as Tempered Steel), Fox Film Corp., 1923
• Helen Longstreth, The Lone Star Ranger, 1923
• Olala Ussan, The Thrill Chaser, Universal, 1923
• Ruth Virey, Wanderer of the Wasteland, Paramount, 1924
• Helen Handon, On Time, Truart Film Corp., 1924
• Rhoda Perrin, Try and Get It On, Producers Distributing Corp., 1924
• Dolores, Yankee Madness, Film Booking Offices of America, 1924
• Felicity Arden, The Roughneck, Fox Film Corp., 1924
• Alice (modern sequence), Folly of Vanity, 1925
• Alice Rendon, The Air Mail, Paramount, 1925
• Madeline Hammond, The Light of Western Stars, Paramount, 1925
• Eleanor Hunt, The Lucky Horseshoes, 1925
• Sue Melberne, Wild Horse Mesa, Paramount, 1925
• Doris Anderson, The Fighting Heart, 1925
• Antoinette St. Ives, The Ancient Highway, Paramount, 1925
• Marcia Mayfair, The Lone Wolf Returns (also known as The Returnof the Lone Wolf), 1926
• Princess Isobel, The Black Pirate (also known as The Black Buccaneer), United Artists, 1926
• Sylvia Jordan, The Marriage Clause, Universal, 1926
• Eleanor Belmore, Kid Boots, Paramount, 1926
• Tamara, An Affair of the Follies, First National Pictures, 1927
• "Egypt" Hagen, Sensation Seekers, Universal, 1927
• Marcia Kane, The Tender Hour, First National Pictures, 1927
• Sari, Countess Thurzo, The Stolen Bride, 1927
• Millicent Howard, American Beauty, 1927
• Antoinette Frobelle, The Love Mart, 1927
• Teddy O'Day, The Heart of a Follies Girl, 1928
• Judith Peredy, Yellow Lily, 1928
• Yvonne Corlaix, Night Watch, 1928
• Elena, Adoration, 1928
• Lady Helen Haden, Her Private Life, Warner Bros., 1929
• Helene Gromaire, Careers, First National, 1929
• Joan, The Man and the Moment, Warner Bros., 1929
• Mamie Hudler and Rodeo West, The Painted Angel (also known as The Broadway Hostess), Warner Bros., 1929
• Edith Larrison, The Other Tomorrow, Warner Bros., 1930
• Patricia Hanley Gherardi, A Notorious Affair, Warner Bros., 1930
• Femme de Chambre, Sweethearts and Wives, First National, 1930
• Mary, One Night at Susie's, Warner Bros., 1930
• Margaret Townsend, The Lady Who Dared, Warner Bros., 1931
• Jean Hurd, The Age for Love, United Artists, 1931
• Screen Snapshots, 1932
• Lilli de Rosseau, Cock of the Air, United Artists, 1932
• Lottie Callahan, Blondie of the Follies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
• Diamond Head, 1962
• Stage Appearances
• Night of 100 Stars II, Radio City Music Center, New York City, 1985

Further Reference

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES

Books:

• Drew, William, The Lady in the Main Title: On the Twenties and Thirties, 1997, Vestal Press, .

Periodicals:

• Entertainment Weekly, January 14, 1998, P. 14.*